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Coliseum I 12:30 p.m. I Saturday
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Mike
Pollard
MY TROJAN
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
FRIDAY
October 18, 2002
Of interest...
Spoken Interludes allows writers to connect with audiences at intimate literary party at dining venue /16
News Digest 2 Roundup 2
Opinions 4 Sports 5
Classifieds 12 Crossword 13
Lifestyle 16 The Buzz 16
vol. CXLVII, no. 38 www.dailytrojan.com
Students victims of robberies nearby
Crime: DPS says incidents unrelated, not necessary to post special warnings BY KEITH WAGSTAFF
Staff Writer
A suspect pushed a USC student to the ground and threatened her with a gun in an attempted robbery on Adams Boulevard early this month.
Ten days later, two suspects chased a student down University Avenue late at night and robbed her while she screamed for help.
These were just two of the five
robberies or attempted robberies that have been reported to the Department of Public Safety this month, with two of them happening Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.
DPS did not feel the need to post warnings or bulletins concerning the recent crimes around the university because the robberies did not seem to be connected in any way, said DPS Capt. Joe White, acting commander of the field services division.
DPS posted warnings earlier last month cautioning students about a series of robberies that were committed by the same group.
White suggested that students
take precautions when walking home.
“I think it’s a bad idea for students to be walking home alone at night,” White said. "They should utilize Campus Cruiser as much as possible."
While only three of the cases involved student victims, all were in the direct vicinity of the University Park Campus.
“I don’t feel safe because of all the stories I hear," said Anna Mantorska, a graduate student in business taxation. “Everyone tells me it's not safe to walk home alone.”
The two most recent crimes involved the robbery of female vic-I see Robberies, page 3 I
7 don'tfeel safe because of all the stories I hear. Everyone tells me it’s not safe to walk home alone"
ANNA MANTORSKA grad student business taxation
USC donor sues about money use
Political groups battle out views
Lawsuit: Benefactor to School of Gerontology accuses university of mismanaging his gift:
By ALISON SHACKELFORD
Contributing Writer
A prominent donor to USC has sued the university for allegedly mismanaging a donation he made to endow a chair at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
Paul F. Glenn said USC and Edward Schneider, dean of the School of Gerontology, misled him and ignored the terms of their agreement for the use of $1.6 million he donated.
Schneider withheld Glenn Foundation funds from two Glenn Chairs and appointed professors to the chair who should have been inel-to agreed-upon terms, Glenn said. Even though the university may not have known about Schneider’s actions at the time, it became complicit in the activity by being supportive after the fact, Glenn said.
Glenn wanted USC to return his $1.6 million donation so he could transfer it to another research institution that would act in accordance with his wishes, he said.
It is USC’s policy not to comment on pending litigation, but the university’s Office of General Counsel issued a statement saying that “USC and Dean Schneider vigorously dispute the allegations that Paul F. Glenn has made regarding the Glenn Foundation Chair at USC’s Andrus Gerontology Center, USC and Dean Schneider.”
Glenn, founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Glenn Foundation, endowed the Glenn Foundation Professorship in Cellular and Molecular Gerontology at USC in 1994.
He established the post as a three-year position. He said he and Schneider agreed it would be awarded to researchers just beginning their academic career who would investigate the biomedical aspects of aging.
I see Lawsuit, page 111
Paul F. Glenn, a donor to the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, says he is suing USC because he thinks the university is using his donation in a context outside of agreed-upon terms. The university, under general rules . regarding pending litigation, cannot comment on the case
Debate: Republicans and Democrats argue issues of gun control, environment
By HEATHER CHENG
Contributing Writer
USC College Democrats and USC College Republicans debated gun control and environmental legislation Thursday afternoon in McCarthy Quad. The event was part of Voter Awareness Week and was the first political debate sponsored by Student Senate.
The debate was just one of Senate’s many efforts to encourage student political participation.
“There’s so much going on that everyone at this campus definitely needs to learn about,” said Davin Sweeney, Senate’s director of political affairs.
College Republicans Russell R. Scherer, Matthew Borba and Emmanuel Caudillo debated College Democrats Marc Korman, Julia Falcone and Sam Jamal. Paul Kovich, undergraduate adviser of political science, moderated.
Both sides of the debate used the public forum to make broad party I see Debate, page 3 I
Rubiner I Daily Trojan
Power of floor. Sam Jamal, a junior majoring in political science and a member of USC College Democrats, offers his perspective during a debate between USC’s two main student political groups.
Wireless technology worthy of studying but not as own degree
By KENNETH BASIN
Assistant City Editor
Anew undergraduate degree in wireless technology was introduced this year at Auburn University, but USC will not be instituting an equivalent program any time in the near future.
The new degree, called a _______
Bachelor of Wireless Engineering, was made possible at Auburn by a $25-million grant from alumnus and wireless telecommunications enthusiast Samuel Ginn, said Joe Morgan, Auburn’s associate dean for academics.
“It’s an area that we've been interested in for a
I see Technology, page 11 I
TECHNOLOGY
Militant Islam should be U.S. focus, expert says
Speaker Columnist, Middle East Forum director discusses
tactics United States should use to win war on terrorism
By AMY CAVANAUGH
Contributing Writer
To bring resolve on the war on terrorism, the United States should destroy the militant factions of Islam and support modern Islamic regimes, said Daniel Pipes, columnist and director of the Middle East Forum.
Pipes said the conflict laid with ideology and not with religion.
“This is a delicate topic so I will make it clear that Islam is a religion. Militant Islam is an ideology," he said. “The conflict we are facing is not against Muslims but against militant Islamists — just like our war
(
from 1941 to 1945 was not against Germans but against Nazis.”
In the presentation, “Arafat, bin Laden and Threats to Democracy," Pipes claimed the threat of militant Islam did not begin with the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001, but rather dated back to 1979 with the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Pipes characterized militant Islam as intolerant, aggressive with its worldwide ambitions and ruthless in its drive.
“I see (militant Islam) as a parallel with fascism, Marxism and Leninism I see Speaker, page 3 I
Mike Fanous I Daily Trojan
Expert opinion. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, speaks to students about militant Islam.

Coliseum I 12:30 p.m. I Saturday
PAGE 5
Mike
Pollard
MY TROJAN
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
FRIDAY
October 18, 2002
Of interest...
Spoken Interludes allows writers to connect with audiences at intimate literary party at dining venue /16
News Digest 2 Roundup 2
Opinions 4 Sports 5
Classifieds 12 Crossword 13
Lifestyle 16 The Buzz 16
vol. CXLVII, no. 38 www.dailytrojan.com
Students victims of robberies nearby
Crime: DPS says incidents unrelated, not necessary to post special warnings BY KEITH WAGSTAFF
Staff Writer
A suspect pushed a USC student to the ground and threatened her with a gun in an attempted robbery on Adams Boulevard early this month.
Ten days later, two suspects chased a student down University Avenue late at night and robbed her while she screamed for help.
These were just two of the five
robberies or attempted robberies that have been reported to the Department of Public Safety this month, with two of them happening Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.
DPS did not feel the need to post warnings or bulletins concerning the recent crimes around the university because the robberies did not seem to be connected in any way, said DPS Capt. Joe White, acting commander of the field services division.
DPS posted warnings earlier last month cautioning students about a series of robberies that were committed by the same group.
White suggested that students
take precautions when walking home.
“I think it’s a bad idea for students to be walking home alone at night,” White said. "They should utilize Campus Cruiser as much as possible."
While only three of the cases involved student victims, all were in the direct vicinity of the University Park Campus.
“I don’t feel safe because of all the stories I hear," said Anna Mantorska, a graduate student in business taxation. “Everyone tells me it's not safe to walk home alone.”
The two most recent crimes involved the robbery of female vic-I see Robberies, page 3 I
7 don'tfeel safe because of all the stories I hear. Everyone tells me it’s not safe to walk home alone"
ANNA MANTORSKA grad student business taxation
USC donor sues about money use
Political groups battle out views
Lawsuit: Benefactor to School of Gerontology accuses university of mismanaging his gift:
By ALISON SHACKELFORD
Contributing Writer
A prominent donor to USC has sued the university for allegedly mismanaging a donation he made to endow a chair at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
Paul F. Glenn said USC and Edward Schneider, dean of the School of Gerontology, misled him and ignored the terms of their agreement for the use of $1.6 million he donated.
Schneider withheld Glenn Foundation funds from two Glenn Chairs and appointed professors to the chair who should have been inel-to agreed-upon terms, Glenn said. Even though the university may not have known about Schneider’s actions at the time, it became complicit in the activity by being supportive after the fact, Glenn said.
Glenn wanted USC to return his $1.6 million donation so he could transfer it to another research institution that would act in accordance with his wishes, he said.
It is USC’s policy not to comment on pending litigation, but the university’s Office of General Counsel issued a statement saying that “USC and Dean Schneider vigorously dispute the allegations that Paul F. Glenn has made regarding the Glenn Foundation Chair at USC’s Andrus Gerontology Center, USC and Dean Schneider.”
Glenn, founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Glenn Foundation, endowed the Glenn Foundation Professorship in Cellular and Molecular Gerontology at USC in 1994.
He established the post as a three-year position. He said he and Schneider agreed it would be awarded to researchers just beginning their academic career who would investigate the biomedical aspects of aging.
I see Lawsuit, page 111
Paul F. Glenn, a donor to the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, says he is suing USC because he thinks the university is using his donation in a context outside of agreed-upon terms. The university, under general rules . regarding pending litigation, cannot comment on the case
Debate: Republicans and Democrats argue issues of gun control, environment
By HEATHER CHENG
Contributing Writer
USC College Democrats and USC College Republicans debated gun control and environmental legislation Thursday afternoon in McCarthy Quad. The event was part of Voter Awareness Week and was the first political debate sponsored by Student Senate.
The debate was just one of Senate’s many efforts to encourage student political participation.
“There’s so much going on that everyone at this campus definitely needs to learn about,” said Davin Sweeney, Senate’s director of political affairs.
College Republicans Russell R. Scherer, Matthew Borba and Emmanuel Caudillo debated College Democrats Marc Korman, Julia Falcone and Sam Jamal. Paul Kovich, undergraduate adviser of political science, moderated.
Both sides of the debate used the public forum to make broad party I see Debate, page 3 I
Rubiner I Daily Trojan
Power of floor. Sam Jamal, a junior majoring in political science and a member of USC College Democrats, offers his perspective during a debate between USC’s two main student political groups.
Wireless technology worthy of studying but not as own degree
By KENNETH BASIN
Assistant City Editor
Anew undergraduate degree in wireless technology was introduced this year at Auburn University, but USC will not be instituting an equivalent program any time in the near future.
The new degree, called a _______
Bachelor of Wireless Engineering, was made possible at Auburn by a $25-million grant from alumnus and wireless telecommunications enthusiast Samuel Ginn, said Joe Morgan, Auburn’s associate dean for academics.
“It’s an area that we've been interested in for a
I see Technology, page 11 I
TECHNOLOGY
Militant Islam should be U.S. focus, expert says
Speaker Columnist, Middle East Forum director discusses
tactics United States should use to win war on terrorism
By AMY CAVANAUGH
Contributing Writer
To bring resolve on the war on terrorism, the United States should destroy the militant factions of Islam and support modern Islamic regimes, said Daniel Pipes, columnist and director of the Middle East Forum.
Pipes said the conflict laid with ideology and not with religion.
“This is a delicate topic so I will make it clear that Islam is a religion. Militant Islam is an ideology," he said. “The conflict we are facing is not against Muslims but against militant Islamists — just like our war
(
from 1941 to 1945 was not against Germans but against Nazis.”
In the presentation, “Arafat, bin Laden and Threats to Democracy," Pipes claimed the threat of militant Islam did not begin with the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001, but rather dated back to 1979 with the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Pipes characterized militant Islam as intolerant, aggressive with its worldwide ambitions and ruthless in its drive.
“I see (militant Islam) as a parallel with fascism, Marxism and Leninism I see Speaker, page 3 I
Mike Fanous I Daily Trojan
Expert opinion. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, speaks to students about militant Islam.